Introduction
# OpenAI Whisper API (curl)
Transcribe an audio file via OpenAI’s `/v1/audio/transcriptions` endpoint.
## Quick start
```bash {baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a ```
Defaults: - Model: `whisper-1` - Output: `<input>.txt`
## Useful flags
```bash {baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.ogg --model whisper-1 --out /tmp/transcript.txt {baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --language en {baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --prompt "Speaker names: Peter, Daniel" {baseDir}/scripts/transcribe.sh /path/to/audio.m4a --json --out /tmp/transcript.json ```
## API key
Set `OPENAI_API_KEY`, or configure it in `~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json`:
```json5 { skills: { "openai-whisper-api": { apiKey: "OPENAI_KEY_HERE" } } } ```